Brain Drop

Samba Security Update

Posted on 30. Mar, 2010 by Brian.

In mid march Ubuntu released a security patch that stopped my samba shares from working.

Tight VNC Server (separate desktop)

Posted on 30. Jan, 2010 by Brian.

How to set up Tight VNC Server to work on a separate Desktop.

Fanboys

Posted on 27. Jan, 2010 by Brian.

I found this elsewhere, thought it was hilarious, the pic takes you to where i found it.

I found the following script to convert videos to be compatible with the Sanza Fuze player. At the center of it is a script posted to the Sanza Forums. Many thanks to the script author ‘Thomas’. You can find his helpful posts on his Sanza Forum Profile Page.

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Sansa Fuze MP3 Player Adventure

Posted on 06. Sep, 2009 by Brian.

Mine worked fine, but his was acting very flakey. It refused to see any music in sub-folders. If you copied music into the root of the Music share it would see the songs, but it would freeze as soon as it started playing. Both devices successfully had taken the update to the latest firmware.

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SNMP

Posted on 23. Aug, 2009 by Brian.

Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is a widely used protocol for monitoring the health and welfare of network equipment (eg. routers), computer equipment and even devices like UPSs.